Coptic Orthodox monasteries in Egypt

desert valley near the Egyptian Nile delta

Monastery in Egypt

Monastery in Egypt

Monastery of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria located in Egypt

monastery

thumbnail|260px|Kellia. Kellia ("the Cells"), referred to as "the innermost desert", was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community spread out over many square kilometers in the Nitrian Desert about south of Alexandria. It was one of three centers of monastic activity in the region, along with Nitria and Scetis (Wadi El Natrun). It is called al-Muna in Arabic and was inhabited until the 9th century. Only archaeological sites remain there today.

Tabenna is a Christian community founded in Upper Egypt around 320 by Saint Pachomius. It was the motherhouse of a federation of monasteries known as the Koinonia. At the time of Pachomius's death in 346, there were nine establishments for men and two for women, along with two or three thousand "Tabennesites". It is considered the first major model of cenobitic monasticism in early Christianity.

building in Egypt

monastery in Middle Egypt north of Asyut

Monastery in Middle Egypt

Pbow was a cenobitic monastery established by St. Pachomius in 336-337 AD. Pbow is about north of Luxor in modern Upper Egypt. It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries.

monastery in Egypt

building in Egypt